[HarryT]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

There is a long-standing debate as to whether concepts shape language, the conventional view, or whether language shapes worldview and thus thought and behavior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity

That's one of the themes of Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four"; that removing a word (like "rebellion") from the language, means that people will no longer be able to imagine the concept expressed by the word.